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Anna Ostasenko Bogdanoff is a film director based in Paris. After completing a degree in History of Art and a Master in cinema, she graduated from La Fémis cinema school in 2019. Her experimental graduation short film My Body Given For You was shortlisted for the Student Academy Awards and won a special mention at Sao Paulo International Film Festival before traveling the world in numerous festivals. Her latest short documentary Her Scents of Pu Er dives into the world of Master Tseng, the first woman tea master in China's history. The film premiered at Hot Docs 2022 and then screened at DOC NYC amongst other festivals. It is now available on Aeon and advertised on Directors Notes.
In 2022, Anna did a one year residency at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris to write and direct films about the museum and the artists exhibiting there. Read about her residency here. Since then she collaborates with various artists to create short films inspired by their work, latest being multidisciplinary artist and designer Victor Cadene.
She is now preparing her next fiction short film, and also writing her first feature film. Both these upcoming projects will explore personal themes such as grief, the body and family history.